doc at NTIA: http://news.dot-nxt.com/sites/news.dot-nxt.com/files/FR_IANA_FurtherNOI_0610... Analysis at dot-nxt: http://news.dot-nxt.com/2011/06/10/ntia-fnoi-iana What I find most interesting is: "The NTIA has crushed that expectation by noting that it does not have the legal authority to enter into a cooperative agreement with any organization, including ICANN, and specifically noting that it is “not in discussions with ICANN to transition the IANA functions nor does the agency intend to undertake such discussions”." In other words, the USG created ICANN to transition DNS management away from the USG control, but at the end of the day, the US is balking at the final step saying " we can't legally do that". -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel